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New records for the nematodes Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin) Travassos, Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença and Aproctella stoddardi Cram in Brazilian birds, with redescription of the species

Abstract

The species Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin, 1790) Travassos, 1913, Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença, 1945 and Aproctella stoddardi Cram, 1931, are redescribed and referred in new hosts. Acuaria mayori is reported for the first time in Brazil and Ap. stoddardi in South America. Ascaridia columbae is properly figured for the first time in Brazil.

Nematoda; endoparasites; brazilian birds


New records for the nematodes Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin) Travassos, Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença and Aproctella stoddardi Cram in Brazilian birds, with redescription of the species

R. Magalhães PintoI,III; J. Júlio VicenteI; Dely NoronhaI; Sueli P. de FábioII,III

IDepartamento de Helmintología, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Caixa Postal 926, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

IIDepartamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23851-970 Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

IIIResearch fellows CNPq

ABSTRACT

The species Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin, 1790) Travassos, 1913, Acuaria mayori Lent, Freitas & Proença, 1945 and Aproctella stoddardi Cram, 1931, are redescribed and referred in new hosts. Acuaria mayori is reported for the first time in Brazil and Ap. stoddardi in South America. Ascaridia columbae is properly figured for the first time in Brazil.

Key words: Nematoda, endoparasites, brazilian birds

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

Recebido em 29.I.1992; aceito em 10.XII.1992.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    07 Aug 2009
  • Date of issue
    1991

History

  • Received
    29 Jan 1992
  • Accepted
    10 Dec 1992
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